FOUR suspected accomplices of a gang of armed robbers have been arrested by the police in the Northern Region to assist in their investigations into a highway robbery attack on two commercial buses at Diare on the Tamale-Bolgatanga road.
The suspects, Abdulai Ali, 21, Charles Sarpong, 17, Musah Osman, 28, and Mohammed Sumaila, 20, were on board the buses and were believed to be accomplices who gave information to a gang of armed robbers who opened fire on the buses travelling from Bolgatanga in the Upper East region to Accra last Thursday.
Two persons who sustained injuries and have been identified as Kwesi Adjei, the driver of the Yutong bus, and Augustine Abonza, a passenger, are receiving medical attention.
According to the Public Relations Officer (PRO), Chief Inspector Ebenezer Tetteh, a Daewoo bus, with registration number AS 5546/09, and a Yutong bus, with registration number GC 5054 Z, were allegedly attacked at about 4p.m. on Thursday, September 23, 2010, by a group of suspected armed robbers.
The alleged robbers were said to have opened fire on the buses and fled upon sensing danger.
Mr Tetteh said before the incident, the four suspects were heard talking to a group of people on their mobile phones.
Some of the occupants of the buses alleged that they later saw a man coming out of the bush but he quickly ran back and within a short time they were attacked by five masked armed men, who allegedly fired at the buses, injuring the two persons in the process.
Mr Tetteh said the police had mounted a thorough search for the five armed men who escaped and that the four suspects would be arraigned when found culpable of the offence.
The PRO entreated residents of the region to be law-abiding and to volunteer information to the police.
He said the police would intensify its day and night patrols on the Tamale-Bolgatanga highway to help reduce armed robberies on the road and make commuters travel without entertaining fears.
Meanwhile, the Regional Police Command has given the two buses police escort to avert the recurrence of similar attacks.
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